Absence Quote by Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Solitude is not an absence of energy or action, as some believe, but is rather a boon of wild provisions transmitted to us from…

— Clarissa Pinkola Estes

In solitude we are in the presence of mere matter (even the sky, the stars, the moon, trees in blossom), things of less value…

— Simone Weil

Solitude is not the absence of company, but the moment when our soul is free to speak to us and help us decide what…

— Paulo Coelho

I can tell you that solitude Is not all exaltation, inner space Where the soul breathes and work can be done. Solitude exposes the…

— May Sarton

Solitude is such a potential thing. We hear voices in solitude, we never hear in the hurry and turmoil of life; we receive counsels…

— Anonymous

Solitude does not pull us away from our fellow human beings but instead makes real fellowship possible.

— Henri Nouwen

Solitude is the soul's holiday, an opportunity to stop doing for others and to surprise and delight ourselves instead.

— Katrina Kenison

Solitude does not consist in living alone; it consists in living with others, with people who take no interest in you.

— Octave Mirbeau

Solitude is the natural dwelling place of truth…It is there you will wrestle. It is there you will be tested by fire and by…

— Anonymous

Solitude is not a way of running away from life ... from our feelings. On the contrary. This is the time we sort them…

— Joan D. Chittister

Solitude is a way to defend the spirit against the murderous din of our materialism.

— Thomas Merton

Solitude bears the same relation to the mind that sleep does to the body. It affords it the necessary opportunities for repose and recovery.

— William Gilmore Simms